Pros
There are no pros to GE joining BH. Look it up, GE Oil & Gas was in the dump. Because GE had more shares, they controlled the business in the merger, so GE's management would take control. The same management that had drove GE Oil & Gas into the ground. When it was finalized the BHGE was nothing more than a bigger company for the management to continue to destroy. The legacy Baker Hughes management that had built the company to its pride in the Oilfield Industry were all gone, they either were let go took a package deal and left or soon after went to competition. Then, not a year into the deal, GE wants out, but it was to late, the damage was done.
Cons
GE Oil & Gas would manage the company after the merge. Departments won't work together. Upper management didn't care, it's drawing a pay check to them. Management is all lip service and all drinking the Kool-aid. Legacy BH employees treated much differently. When GE made its exit, it was to late, damage was done. What's left are Legacy GE employees running the company, same ones that destroyed GE Oil & Gas, and Legacy BH employees that have been put into none management roles or lower business units with zero contribution to running the overall business.